GRE Word List

PANACEA

a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all

The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.

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gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
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gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
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bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
imponderablenot ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
bulwarka solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart
clientelea body of clients